Hi all, this story is very slowly coming together. I have background for everyone before they had the choice to come together. Note- no one is happy.
Mary Margaret Blanchard was an orphan. She wasn't always one. She had eight wonderful years with her parents. They were warm and supportive and involved in every aspect of her life. And they were madly in love. If Mary Margaret were to look up the phrase 'fairy tale romance' in the dictionary, she would see a picture of her parents.
And the family unit was complete with the addition of Mary Margaret's baby sister, Ruby. Ruby was only three years younger and while Mary Margaret wasn't exactly the overprotective type, she did try to teach Ruby everything she knew.
She didn't really have to play the big sister role until that fateful day. The day that everything changed.
The family was trying out a fine dining place that the critics said were a must try. There were things on her plate that Mary Margaret never heard of or she wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole.
Lucky, or unlucky for her, Mary Margaret and Ruby were still above ground the following week. Their parents came down with a case of food poisoning. The doctors couldn't explain it or treat it. There was a quick funeral without much time to grieve before the girls were shipped off to some great aunt that they never met.
The great aunt, though she preferred to be called Granny, tried to support the girls, put a roof over their heads and keep them in school. She did a good job until the day she died.
What Mary Margaret excelled at was school. She loved to learn, she wanted to know everything books could treat her. And what she loved more than learning was teaching.
But by the time she was ready for college, Granny was dead, leaving everything to the girls, which sadly wasn't much. A decent apartment and some credit card debit. So for the time being, college was off the table. Mary Margaret took the first job she found, the hostess at a slightly upscale restaurant. That's all she could get with her limited schooling and nonexistent work experience.
In truth, she never wanted to set foot in a restaurant but desperate times called for desperate measures.
A few years later, there was another job opening, this time for a waitress. As much as she did not want to do it, she told Ruby. Her sister got the job. She hadn't planned on going to college, she wanted to be an actress. At least now Mary Margaret could keep an eye on Ruby, making sure she stayed out of trouble.
They kept their heads down as the world became more dangerous around them. Crime was right outside their door, both at home and work. But they both had a survival instinct that kept them alive. They had each other's backs no matter what.
Mary Margaret dreamed every day of a happy ending, one where she had a Prince Charming, someone to stand beside her during all the obstacles of life.
Reviews please, they will get you the next backstory.
So I did realize the character tags are the oddest bunch ever. Blue and Gold and Robin and Regina.
